]]>http://videonews.smokyo.com/%e5%9c%b0%e4%b8%8b%e9%89%84%e3%82%b5%e3%83%aa%e3%83%b3%e4%ba%8b%e4%bb%b6chikatetsu-sarin-jiken-tokyo-sarin-gas-attack-20th-anniversary/feed/0http://videonews.smokyo.com/%e5%9c%b0%e4%b8%8b%e9%89%84%e3%82%b5%e3%83%aa%e3%83%b3%e4%ba%8b%e4%bb%b6chikatetsu-sarin-jiken-tokyo-sarin-gas-attack-20th-anniversary/On Board: In Japan with The First Lady and Let Girls Learnhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JapanVideoNews/~3/CO9LY6qQy8I/
http://videonews.smokyo.com/on-board-in-japan-with-the-first-lady-and-let-girls-learn/#respondFri, 20 Mar 2015 05:41:40 +0000http://videonews.smokyo.com/?p=906Let Girls Learn is a government-wide effort that will leverage the investments we have made and success we have achieved in global primary school, and expand them to help adolescent girls complete their education.

]]>http://videonews.smokyo.com/michelle-obama-highlights-girls-education-on-japan-visit/feed/0http://videonews.smokyo.com/michelle-obama-highlights-girls-education-on-japan-visit/St. Patrick Day Parade ~~ From Japanhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JapanVideoNews/~3/sbigQ3qs0L4/
http://videonews.smokyo.com/st-patrick-day-parade-from-japan/#respondThu, 19 Mar 2015 09:00:14 +0000http://videonews.smokyo.com/?p=902Japan has a surprisingly large number of St. Patrick’s Day events with parades in several cities. The largest by far is the Tokyo St. Patrick’s Day Parade in “Omotesando” with 15,000 participants and 50,000 spectators. The event features marching bands, cheerleaders and plenty of enthusiastic supporters. The organizers recommend a few local pubs for after the parade.

]]>http://videonews.smokyo.com/st-patrick-day-parade-from-japan/feed/0http://videonews.smokyo.com/st-patrick-day-parade-from-japan/Japan hot springs accident: Toxic gas poisoning kills three at popular tourist destinationhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JapanVideoNews/~3/HDXKP-OTY9A/
http://videonews.smokyo.com/japan-hot-springs-accident-toxic-gas-poisoning-kills-three-at-popular-tourist-destination/#respondThu, 19 Mar 2015 08:38:52 +0000http://videonews.smokyo.com/?p=900Three maintenance workers died Wednesday while tending to the source of a popular hot spring, according to a local fire official.

Four workers — two from Senboku city and two contractors — were carrying out maintenance work when three of them collapsed.

The fourth made an emergency phone call.

When rescuers arrived, they found the three men in a hole about six feet deep, the official said. He said it was possible they died from hydrogen sulfide poisoning.

Hydrogen sulfide can poison the body if a person is exposed to more than 300 ppm of it.

]]>http://videonews.smokyo.com/michelle-obama-meets-japan-royals/feed/0http://videonews.smokyo.com/michelle-obama-meets-japan-royals/Two nuclear reactors retired in Japan as it hosts UN disaster conferencehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JapanVideoNews/~3/muiMJWKtfyw/
http://videonews.smokyo.com/two-nuclear-reactors-retired-in-japan-as-it-hosts-un-disaster-conference/#respondWed, 18 Mar 2015 12:31:09 +0000http://videonews.smokyo.com/?p=896Two Japanese power companies have announced they will scrap three ageing nuclear reactors. It marks the first moves to permanently shut down nuclear reactors since the Fukushima disaster four years ago.

Another two are expected to be scrapped with announcements expected later this week. The companies said it would be too costly to revamp reactors to meet new stricter regulations.

The government is working on a new energy plan which will likely lead to other reactors being decommissioned.

]]>http://videonews.smokyo.com/two-nuclear-reactors-retired-in-japan-as-it-hosts-un-disaster-conference/feed/0http://videonews.smokyo.com/two-nuclear-reactors-retired-in-japan-as-it-hosts-un-disaster-conference/Boy held for trying to kill goat says he was inspired by IS videohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JapanVideoNews/~3/fbijHRdmk1Y/
http://videonews.smokyo.com/boy-held-for-trying-to-kill-goat-says-he-was-inspired-by-is-video/#respondWed, 18 Mar 2015 10:11:48 +0000http://videonews.smokyo.com/?p=894Police have arrested a third-year junior high school boy for attempting to kill a goat. The boy told police he was inspired to kill someone after watching videos of Islamic State extremists beheading hostages and that he wanted to practice on the goat first.

According to police, the boy broke into the grounds of a school in Tachikawa, Tokyo, at around 1 a.m. on Feb 15. NTV reported that he had with him a bag containing a handsaw and an iron bar. The boy went to an enclosure where the school keeps some animals and then attempted to kill the goat with the bar. However, the goat’s bleating attracted the attention of a police officer on patrol.

The boy tried to flee but was caught by the policeman. The goat did not suffer any serious injuries, police said.

It is Mrs Obama’s first visit to Japan. Her visit is seen in Japan as a “makeup” call after she did not accompany her husband during his state visit to Japan last year. Abe is soon due to make a reciprocal visit to the U.S.

In Tokyo, she plans to announce, along with Japanese first lady Akie Abe, a new partnership supporting girls’ education. Mrs Obama will also meet with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and visit Kyoto before leaving for Cambodia on Friday.

Mrs Obama will also have separate meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. She will visit historic sites in Kyoto before traveling to Cambodia on Friday.

Japan plans to cooperate with the “Let Girls Learn” initiative announced by President Barack Obama and his wife. The community-based aid program, led by the Peace Corps and similar aid organizations, is meant to help get 62 million girls back into school.

White House staff said the program also reflects a U.S. commitment to be more involved in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mrs Obama will be the first sitting U.S. first lady to visit Cambodia, one of 11 countries participating in the “Let Girls Learn” initiative.

Cambodia’s government is led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has a reputation for ruthlessness and little tolerance for dissent. The country also has child prostitution and human trafficking problems.

Evan Medeiros, senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council, told reporters that while in Cambodia, Mrs Obama plans to discuss the need for open and inclusive politics and highlight basic values and principles that are important to the U.S.

In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Mrs Obama called it a “tragic waste of human potential” when 62 million girls worldwide are not in school.

“It is also a serious public-health challenge, a drag on national economies and global prosperity, and a threat to the security of countries around the world, including our own.

“This visit is part of a journey that began decades ago, back when I was a little girl,” Mrs Obama wrote in her online travel journal.

YouTube celebrity Michelle Phan is joining Mrs Obama in Tokyo to help spread awareness for the Let Girls Learn campaign and field questions to the first lady submitted through Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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]]>http://videonews.smokyo.com/michelle-obama-arrives-in-japan-to-showcase-girls-education-aid/feed/0http://videonews.smokyo.com/michelle-obama-arrives-in-japan-to-showcase-girls-education-aid/Sakurajima: Volcano Lightning: How Does It Happen?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JapanVideoNews/~3/uS5624AmVfQ/
http://videonews.smokyo.com/sakurajima-volcano-lightning-how-does-it-happen/#respondWed, 18 Mar 2015 09:25:28 +0000http://videonews.smokyo.com/?p=889Lightning is one of mother nature’s most spectacular phenomena. But add lightning to a volcanic eruption and the event seems otherworldly! In this DNews video, Trace has all the details on the atmospheric conditions that bring these two forces together